Students will do research into primary sources - news articles and NGO websites - in order to learn about their country's position on the global issue.
Guiding Questions:
What is my country's position on the global issue?
Content Objective:
Students will be able to find key details about their country's position on the global issue.
Language Objective:
Students will be able to write the main idea, supporting details, and describe new insights about the global issue.
SEI Strategy:
Teach students to use text features of heading and pictures to preview an article/NGO website before they begin reading.
Suggested Agenda:
1. Explain/model for students how to us the country news brief assignment as with their articles. 2. Students skim all provided articles, each student choses an article to do a Country News Brief about your country and the global issue using the handout below:
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Overview:
Students will do research into primary sources - news articles and NGO websites - in order to learn about their country's position on the global issue.Guiding Questions:
Content Objective:
Students will be able to find key details about their country's position on the global issue.Language Objective:
Students will be able to write the main idea, supporting details, and describe new insights about the global issue.SEI Strategy:
Teach students to use text features of heading and pictures to preview an article/NGO website before they begin reading.Suggested Agenda:
1. Explain/model for students how to us the country news brief assignment as with their articles.2. Students skim all provided articles, each student choses an article to do a Country News Brief about your country and the global issue using the handout below: